Renal Pseudotumor Simulating Malignancy in a Patient with Adamantiades-Behçet’s Disease

Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease is a multisystem recurrent syndrome with vasculitis being the underlying histopathological lesion. We report on a patient with Behçet’s disease who developed a renal mass raising the suspicion of a malignant neoplasm. The pathologic examination revealed an inflammatory...

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Published inAmerican journal of nephrology Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 217 - 221
Main Authors Aessopos, Athanassios, Alatzoglou, Kyriaki, Korovesis, Konstantinos, Tassiopoulos, Stergios, Lefakis, Georgios, Ismailou-Parassi, Aikaterini
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.05.2000
Subjects
Case Report
Pathology
Behçet's disease
Inflammatory pseudotumor
Kidney
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Summary:Adamantiades-Behçet’s disease is a multisystem recurrent syndrome with vasculitis being the underlying histopathological lesion. We report on a patient with Behçet’s disease who developed a renal mass raising the suspicion of a malignant neoplasm. The pathologic examination revealed an inflammatory pseudotumor. The concurrent presentation of these two entities seems to be more than coincidental.
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ISSN:0250-8095
1421-9670
DOI:10.1159/000013591